The idea of the 'Time Line' isn't intended to be a day to day diary but more a rough guide to keep track of main events and movements.

     
18-Dec-98 So after 5 years at Toshiba its time to say goodbye.
Singapore & West Coast Malaysia
17-Apr-99 Trip underway - Flew to Singapore
26-Apr-99 Singapore to Melacca
30-Apr-99 Melacca to KL - Met Anneli
2-May-99 KL to Penang
9-May-99 Penang to Krabi (Thailand)
Thailand
11-May-99 Krabi to Ko Phi Phi
16-May-99 Ko Phi Phi to Bangkok
18-May-99 Bangkok to Chang Mai
20-May-99 Thai Cooking Course
21-May-99 Jungle Trek Starts
26-May-99 Chang Mai to Perhentian Islands (Malaysia) - Rescue Diver Course
Malaysia - Perhentian Islands & Jungle Train
5-Jun-99 Perhentian Islands to Kota Bahru - Farewell to Anneli
6-Jun-99 Kota Bahru to KL
7-Jun-99 KL to Kuching, Sarawak
Sarawak & Brunei
9-Jun-99 Bako National Park
11-Jun-99 Kuching to Batu Niah
14-Jun-99 Batu Niah to Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)
15-Jun-99 BSB to Miri, Sarawak (Borneo)
17-Jun-99 Miri to Sibu
18-Jun-99 Sibu to Kuching
19-Jun-99 Homestay at Talaga Air
21-Jun-99 Manoj and I part company
21-Jun-99 Kuching to KL
KL, the Cameron Highlands and Tioman Island
25-Jun-99 KL To Cameron Highlands
28-Jun-99 Cameron Highlands To Tioman
12-Jul-99 Divemaster on Tioman
14-Aug-99 Farewell to Malaysia
Indonesia
14-Aug-99 Penang to Medan
17-Aug-99 Indonesian Independence day
18-Aug-99 Medan to Berastagi
21-Aug-99 Berastagi to Lake Toba
24-Aug-99 Lake Toba to Sibolga
25-Aug-99 Sibolga to Pulau Nias
26-Aug-99 Final of Indonesian Open Surf Championships
30-Aug-99 Crossed the Equator - Nias to Bukkittinggi
2-Sep-99 Trek to the island of Siberut
10-Sep-99 Siberut to Bukkittinggi
12-Sep-99 Bukkittinggi to Maninjau
14-Sep-99 Maninjau to Jakarta, Java
18-Sep-99 Jakarta to Yogyakarta
19-Sep-99 Borobodur & Prambanan
21-Sep-99 Sunrise at Mt Bromo
21-Sep-99 Mt Bromo to Lovina, Bali
25-Sep-99 Lovina to Ubud
Australia - The Top End
27-Sep-99 Flew to Darwin, Australia
4-Oct-99 Trek to Litchfield, Katherine & Kakadu
10-Oct-99 Back to Darwin
25-Oct-99 Cycad Volounteer work
Australia - The West Coast
1-Nov-99 Finally left Darwin
2-Nov-99 Kununurra & Scenic Flight over Bungle Bungles
3-Nov-99 Helped dismantle Camp in Bungle Bungles
6-Nov-99 Kununurra to Broome
10-Nov-99 Eco Beach
11-Nov-99 Broome to Exmouth
20-Nov-99 Exmouth to Coral Bay
22-Nov-99 Coral Bay to Kalbarri
25-Nov-99 Kalbarri to Cervantes & Pinnacles
26-Nov-99 Cervantes to Perth
30-Nov-99 Perth to Fremantle
Australia - The South West
3-Dec-99 Fremantle to Dunsborough
5-Dec-99 Dunsborough to Margaret River
6-Dec-99 Margaret River to Pemberton
7-Dec-99 Pemberton to Walpole
8-Dec-99 Walpole to Albany
10-Dec-99 Albany to Esperence
12-Dec-99 Esperence to Kalgoorlie
Australia - The South East
13-Dec-99 Kalgoorlie to Adelaide
21-Dec-99 The Great Ocean Road
29-Dec-99 Melbourne to Wilsons Promontory
2-Jan-00 Melbourne to Sydney
Australia - The East Coast
10-Jan-00 Sydney To Canberra
11-Jan-00 Canberra to Sydney
13-Jan-00 Sydney To Byron Bay
20-Jan-00 Byron Bay to Brisbane
24-Jan-00 Brisbane to Noosa
25-Jan-00 Noosa to Hervey Bay
26-Jan-00 Fraser Island trip
29-Jan-00 Hervey Bay to Rockhampton
31-Jan-00 Rockhampton to Airley Beach
2-Feb-00 Whitsundays Cruise
5-Feb-00 Airley Beach to Townsville
6-Feb-00 Townsville to Cairns
15-Feb-00 Coral Sea Diving Trip
19-Feb-00 Cape Tribulation
21-Feb-00 Cairns to Alice Springs
Australia - The Red Centre
23-Feb-00 Kings Canyon, the Olgas & Uluru
27-Feb-00 Alice to Coober Pedy
28-Feb-00 Coober Pedy to Adelaide
29-Feb-00 Adelaide to Melbourne
5-Mar-00 Melbourne to Fiji (Nadi)
Fiji & New Zealand
8-Mar-00 Nadi to Bukuya
12-Mar-00 Bukuya to Nadi
13-Mar-00 Nadi to Nacula
24-Mar-00 Nacula to Nadi
27-Mar-00 Fiji to Auckland, New Zealand
27-Mar-00 Auckland to Tahiti (Papeete)
French Polynesia & Easter Island
27-Mar-00 Papeete to Bora Bora
1-Apr-00 Maupiti
2-Apr-00 My Birthday !!!
2-Apr-00 Bora Bora to Huahine
7-Apr-00 Huahine to Moorea
13-Apr-00 Moorea to Tahiti
14-Apr-00 Polynesia to Easter Island
14-Apr-00 Easter Island to Chile
Santiago & Southern Chile
10-May-00 Santiago to Temuco
11-May-00 Temuco to Pucón
15-May-00 Pucón to Castro, Chiloé
16-May-00 Castro to Chonchi
18-May-00 Chonchi to Cucao
19-May-00 Cucao to Chonchi
20-May-00 Chonchi to Puerto Varas
22-May-00 Puerto Varas to Puerto Montt
22-May-00 Boat from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales
25-May-00 Arrived in Puerto Natales
27-May-00 Puerto Natales to Torres Del Paine
30-May-00 Torres Del Paine to Puerto Natales
1-Jun-00 Puerto Natales to Punto Arenas
3-Jun-00 Punto Arenas to Rio Grande
Argentina
4-Jun-00 Rio Grande to Ushuaia
7-Jun-00 Ushuaia to Trelew
9-Jun-00 Trelew to Puerto Madryn
14-Jun-00 Puerto Madryn to Bariloche
24-Jun-00 Bariloche to Buenos Aires
30-Jun-00 Buenos Aires to Colonia, Uraguay
Uruguay
2-Jul-00 Colonia to Fray Bentos
3-Jul-00 Fray Bentos to Salto
4-Jul-00 Salto to Tacuarembo
6-Jul-00 Tacuarembo to San Gregorio
8-Jul-00 San Gregorio to Montevideo
12-Jul-00 Montevideo to Florianopolis, Brasil
Brazil
14-Jul-00 Florianopolis to São Paulo
19-Jul-00 São Paulo to Parity
23-Jul-00 Parity to Rio de Janiero
1-Aug-00 Rio de Janiero to Curitiba
2-Aug-00 Curitiba to Foz do Iguaçu
6-Aug-00 Foz do Iguaçu to Encarnacion, Paraguay
Paraguay
9-Aug-00 Encarnacion to Asuncion
12-Aug-00 Asuncion to Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Bolivia, Chile & Argentina
14-Aug-00 Santa Cruz to Sucre
17-Aug-00 Sucre to Potosi
21-Aug-00 Potosi to Uyuni
23-Aug-00 Uyuni Tour to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
30-Aug-00 San Pedro de Atacama to San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
31-Aug-00 San Salvador de Jujuy to Salta
7-Sep-00 Salta to Tupiza, Bolivia
Bolivia
12-Sep-00 Tupiza to Potosí
14-Sep-00 Potosí to Oruro
15-Sep-00 Oruro to La Paz
20-Sep-00 Choro Trail to Coroico
23-Sep-00 Coroico
30-Sep-00 Coroico to Choro Roadblock
1-Oct-00 Choro to Caranavi
1-Oct-00 Caranavi to Villa Florida Roadblock
2-Oct-00 Villa Florida to Villa Elevation Roadblock
2-Oct-00 Villa Elevation to Rurrenabaque
3-Oct-00 Arrived in Rurrenabaque
5-Oct-00 Pampas Tour
7-Oct-00 Car Crash !
9-Oct-00 Jungle Tour
13-Oct-00 Rurrenabaques to La Paz
18-Oct-00 Huayan Potosí Mountain Climb
20-Oct-00 Back to La Paz
2-Nov-00 La Paz to Sorata
7-Nov-00 Sorata to Copacabana (Lake Titicaca)
9-Nov-00 Copacabana to Isla Del Sol
12-Nov-00 Isla DelSol to Puno, Peru
Southern Peru
14-Nov-00 Puno to Cusco
15-Nov-00 Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
18-Nov-00 Cusco
27-Nov-00 Cusco to Arequipa
30-Nov-00 Colca Canyon
5-Dec-00 Arequipa to Nasca
6-Dec-00 Nasca to Huacachina
10-Dec-00 Huacachina to Pisco
12-Dec-00 Pisco to Lima
15-Dec-00 Lima to UK
Farewell